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Re:US airlines transported passengers over two light-years s... by JumpCrisscross on Monday December 02, 2024 @09:57AM (#42296801)
> If you take the area where you drive into consideration the death numbers change, the same is valid for the drivers behaviour

Source?

> You can't influnce that when you fly

Whether you can influence a variable doesn't change its order of magnitude. Unless you're driving on a closed track at low enough speeds that if you pass out you'll be fine, you're safer flying than driving.

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Re:US airlines transported passengers over two light-years s... by croes on Monday December 02, 2024 @11:49AM (#42297944)
> Source?

Look at accident reasons in the statistics. Velocity is a big part.

Changing the variable doesn’t change the overall order of a magnitude but the personal one.

If you don’t DUI your risk of dying because of DUI is lower

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